Subj : Re: MS-DOS and Win 3.11 Admin
To   : paulie420
From : Warpslide
Date : Thu Feb 01 2024 17:33:26

On Wednesday January 31 2024, paulie420 said the following...

 pa> While I have no idea about this rail, many commercial MS-DOS/Win 3.11
 pa> applications run hardware that you can still purchase new today. What
 pa> is it, the PC-100 board - or something-100... you can still buy 486,
 pa> Pentium, etc. single board computers today that aren't old consumer
 pa> grade hardware.

I remember watching a Linus Tech Tips video awhile back where they bought a brand new Windows 98 PC...

[time passes]

Found it:
https://youtu.be/CTIpNtHWVtQ

A company named Nixsys still sells new legacy PCs starting at $850.  Adding a copy of Windows 98 will run you an extra $125 while Windows 2000 Pro will run you an extra $195.

I would imagine (hope) that this railroad is using something like this.


Jay

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